“Machine Gun Preacher” star Michelle Monaghan is in negotiations to topline “Fast Flash to Bang Time,” an indie psychological thriller that will be produced and co-financed by Kerry, Kimmel and Pollack.

W. Peter Iliff will write and direct the pic, which is set in Las Vegas, the last stop for FBI agents who have screwed up past assignments. Story follows a pair of troubled agents as they search for a killer and a kidnapped infant, all while struggling to hide addictions that could end their careers.

Monaghan is in talks to play a sex-addicted FBI agent and KK&P is still in the process of casting the crack-addicted male lead.

Mark Morgan (“The Twilight Saga”) will produce with Michael Pollack, Kami Garcia and Brett Hudson. Production is skedded to start next spring in Las Vegas.

Monaghan, who recently starred opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in Duncan Jones’ “Source Code,” previously searched for a missing child in Ben Affleck’s “Gone Baby Gone.” Thesp will soon begin filming the dark comedy “Better Living Through Chemistry” with Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde.

Iliff is best known for writing “Point Break,” “Patriot Games” and “Varsity Blues.” He recently made his directorial debut with the Wes Bentley-starrer “Rites of Passage,” which is currently in post-production.

Monaghan is repped by ICM and D/F Management, while Iliff is repped by attorney Sean Marks and Buchwald/Fortitude’s Michael McConnell, who will also be packaging the project.

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Listen up, Nationeers: Kable Nation is heading from the computer screen to your television screen! KK&P Productions announced this morning that they’ve secured a reality television show deal with Kaleb, who’s had a huge presence on YouTube over the past few years. The press release sheds a little light on what you can expect from the show:

Mark Morgan (“The Twilight Saga”), NYT bestselling author Kami Garcia (“The Beautiful Creatures Series” & “Unbreakable”), Michael Pollack (“Black Forest”) and Brett Hudson (“Cloud 9”) are giving the YouTube Generation its first reality show, KALEB’S NATION, starring YouTube personality Kaleb Nation. Nation will also produce, and Hudson will direct. The show will follow Kaleb Nation, as he develops the parodies, music videos, and pop culture commentary that have garnered over 28 million views on his YouTube channel, while throwing Nation into a totally new arena—Hollywood. Celebrities and other YouTube personalities will guest star, while Nation experiences a behind the scenes look at what it takes to make it on, and off, the red carpet. The producers are keeping the details under lock and key, but we were able to get a few comments. According to Kami Garcia, “Anyone who watches Kaleb’s videos will immediately see the potential of the show, and I’m excited to be part of it.” Mark Morgan added, “I find Kaleb to be a fascinating and highly entertaining piece of talent. This is more than a TV show. Kaleb is a brand in and unto himself, and I am happy to be working with someone who has his finger on the pulse of current pop culture.”

This is one of the first times a YouTuber has taken a big step forward into television, and we can’t wait to see what Kaleb and KK&P come up with! A release date and place to watch have not been revealed yet since they’re still early in the production process, but we’ll keep you updated. View at Source

With Paramount wrapping its Jeremy Renner starrer “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters,” three indie companies are prepping an alternate take on the Grimm brothers’ classic fairy tale titled “Black Forest: Hansel and Gretel and the 420 Witch.” Duane Journey will direct from David Tillman’s script, which concerns a witch living in Pasadena who lures teens into her house with a special blend of marijuana so she can eat them in order to maintain her youth.

“Twilight” thesp Michael Welch and “Castle” star Molly Quinn will play the endangered siblings, with Lara Flynn Boyle (“Men in Black II”) as the sinister witch.

Brett Hudson of Kerry, Kimmel and Pollack will produce with James Cotten of Dark Highway Films. KK&P’s Michael Pollack and Mark Morgan (“The Twilight Saga”) will exec produce with William Beasley (“21″) and Jonathan Heine of Uptik Entertainment.

Production is skedded to start Nov. 12 in Los Angeles.

” ’420 Witch’ is not your average fairy-tale adaptation. It’s a reinvention of the story with a dark edge that I think audiences will love,” Hudson said.

KK&P is an independent production and financing entity that recently acquired feature film rights to Marcus Sedgwick’s novel “White Crow.” Company is prepping the epic miniseries “Quattrocento” in Budapest.

Boyle, who starred in “Life Is Hot in Cracktown,” is repped by Buchwald/Fortitude and Rugolo Entertainment. Welch is repped by Innovative Artists and Curtis Talent Management, and Quinn is repped by APA and Luber Roklin Entertainment.

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First Serve Productions, Entpro and Kerry Kimmel & Pollack (KK&P) have annouced Quattrocento: A Story of the Renaissance, an eight-episode limited series written by Joe Menosky (Stephen King’s Dead Zone and Star Trek’s Voyager, Next Generation and Deep Space Nine series).

Series director and producer, Arthur Allan Seidelman (The Sisters, A Christmas Carol, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze) states, “…unlike other period miniseries that focuses on the omnipotent ruler in his decadent palace, ‘Quattro’ is about the street-the-day-today mechanics of power in the early age of art as propaganda…but don’t worry, there’s plenty of sex, too!”

Quattrocento is the first ever entirely independently financed TV mini-series without network participation in the United States or abroad. Michael Pollack, Kerry Kimmel & Pollack’s CEO, notes, “The remarkable thing is that we already have both domestic and international distribution prior to casting. This speaks to the depth of the team and the quality of the writing.”

Lion’s Gate has penned the dela to distribute, and financing is being handled by the Quaestor Group of Hungary through its affiliate, Corvin US & New Media Distributors, LLC. KK&P’s Partner/Writer/Producer/Director Brett Hudson said, “We look forward to a long and mutually rewarding relationship with Quaestor. I have a long history in televisoin as does (KK&P President) Mark Morgan.” Morgan added, “We plan on developing several television series over the next few years.”

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Corvin US is located at 2029 Century Park East in Los Angeles and is majority owned by Quaestor Group of Hungary (www.quaestor.hu). KK&P will assist Corvin and Quaestor in the financing and distribution of their film products worldwide.

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